Material fee is charged only if your child would like to take his/her project home. Stay as long as you want during the event and tinker with any of the projects with no material fee as long as you leave the projects there for deconstruction and recycling.

Event Details

The Exploratory andFriends of Playa Vista School

2013 STEAM Festival

(Science.Technology.Engineering.Arts.Math)

Join us for an afternoon of creativity and fun! This event is open to everyone. Kids of all ages are invited to explore their creativity through the following hands on projects based on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) themed for Chinese New Year, Year of the Snake. Please share this event with your family, friends and neighbors!

Wind Tunnel Lanterns Project

Using recycled materials, children will make flying contraptions that fly out of the wind tube and also hover inside the tube. This project illustrates principles of wind and flight

Year of the Snake Project

Using motors, batteries and switches, the children will make robotic snakes that vibrate and create motion. They will also have the opportunity to build a maze for their creations.

Battling Judo Bots

Using craft sticks the children will create martial arts bots

Giant Angry Dragons Catapult

Children develop engineering concepts by building up target structures with dragons and use a large catapult and test different angles to knock down dragons.

Kid's Wristband (access to all projects):

Pre-sale: $30 per child (payment must be received by Feb 4, 2013)

$35 per child (payments received after Feb 4 and at the door)

Lunch $5 per person

(includes slice pizza, fruit, cookie and water or juice)

$10 Material Fee*

*only applies if children take finished projects home

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Adults and children under 3 are free.

Buy Wristbands in 3 easy ways:

-- online via Eventbrite* (credit card)

-- Booster Box in PVES Main Office (cash/check)

*Note:Eventbrite charges an additional processing fee.

Cash or check payments to the booster do not incur any additional fees

At The Exploratory, we believe that creative learning is innately born in every human being and that a sustainable future depends upon our children being confidently armed with the tools to harness imagination to create innovative solutions.

Our MISSION is to provide children opportunities to sustain the love of discovery, celebrate the rigors of inquisitive, joyful learning and become students of innovation, prepared to solve future global challenges.

The Exploratory consists of many endeavors to immerse children in the joys of inquiry and play based learning experiences through Tinkering and Making. Through our non-profit organization, we bring Making and Tinkering to schools and community events with our MakeMobile, raise funds to install maker spaces for young children in preschools, elementary schools, churches and youth centers in underprivileged areas of Greater Los Angeles.

We believe that Making and Tinkering is the just the beginning of engaging students in STEAM subjects. We are educators with experience in integrated Inquiry and Project -based learning who support teachers by bringing our Making and Tinkering expertise to their curriculum.

We empower children to use their natural curiosity, take risks, make mistakes, dive into exploration and soar into adventure. The Exploratory prepares children for an unknown future where innovation, communication, creation and flexible thinking skills are said to be key to success

Saturday, February 9, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM (PST)

Organizer

Friends of Playa Vista School

Friends of Playa Vista School is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports the academic achievement and enrichment of all students at Playa Vista Elementary School through fundraising and volunteer service.